Indian athletes bag five gold medals, three silvers at Under-20 Eurasian Athletics Championships in Kazakhstan

Indian athletes on Thursday won five gold and three silver medals at the Under-20 Eurasian Athletics Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The U-20 national teams from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, India and Tajikistan competed in the two-day athletics meet that concluded Thursday. On day one on Wednesday, Gurvinder Singh clocked 10.42 seconds in the boys’ 100m to claim the gold while Vikrant Panchal took the top spot in the boys’ 400m with a time of 47.90 seconds. In the girls’ 400m final, Florence Barla won the gold medal with a time of 54.73 seconds.

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Indian juniors claim five gold & three silver medals at the Eurasian Athletics Championships 2019 in #Kazakhstan

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On Thursday, Sreekiran bagged the boys’ 800m gold with a time of 1:54.62 while Rohit Yadav added the fifth gold medal to India’s tally, finishing on top in the boys’ javelin throw by clearing a distance of 74.55m. The Indian team comprising Abdul Razak, Priscilla Daniel, Florence Barla, Vikrant Panchal also bagged the 4x400m mixed relay gold with a time of 3:30.58s. The three silver medals were won by Abdul Razak (boys’ 400m), Priscilla Daniel (girls’ 800m) and Sahil Silwal (boys’ javelin throw silver).